Weather Summary Warns Of Frosts And Rains Across The Nation
The weather bureau reports a wet week in the Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys and northern New York with damaging frosts in the north. A tropical hurricane hit Florida with heavy rains while California enjoyed favorable conditions. Cotton suffers from drought and worms, tobacco harvests face rain delays, and potato blight spreads in the north.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Missouri
Upper Mississippi
Upper Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Atlantic Coast
Rocky Mountain
Missouri Valley
New York
New England
Florida Peninsula
California
Oregon
Iowa
Nebraska
Rock Mountain
Dakotas
Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
Mississippi
Rocky Mountains
Idaho
Texas
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Tennessee
Middle Atlantic
Mississippi Valley
Great storms predicted by noted forecaster
Washington bulletin from W T Foster warns of widespread storms around September 1 including hurricanes tornadoes cloud bursts snow storms blizzards and frosts. Forecaster urges preparation as storms may affect many regions though not everywhere.
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Washington, D. C
W. T. Foster
Missionary Day at Friendship M. E. Church
Friendship M. E. Church hosts a missionary meeting on Friday September 18 starting at 10 a m lasting through the day and evening. Pastor Rev Bunner invites all interested to bring dinner and stay all day as nine preachers attend.
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Friendship M. E
Bunner
Venice Substantial Causeway Plan Decried By Lovers
Venetian citizens mourn a proposed mainland link for the lagoon city. A five member commission examined effects on water, health, commerce and cost, with Rossi stressing the struggle between beauty and utility. The report favors rebuilding the old bridge to improve water flow, while Rossi remains cynical about modernization.
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Venice
Adriatic
Sindaco
Alessandro Betocchi
Nazzani
Coen
Boubee
Luigi Rossi
Betocchi
Laguna Morta
Signor Rossi
Whining as an Odious Habit and Remedy
A Medical Talk warns that whining is a harmful habit harming health and social life. It contrasts two women, one industrious and cheerful, the other idle and self centered, urging readers to quit whining and engage in hard work to build character and esteem.
Forty fourth Indiana volunteers reunion fare rate notice
Members of the Forty fourth regiment Indiana volunteers and their families may obtain half fare to the annual reunion at Fort Wayne on September 25 and 26 by writing to Frank W Willis secretary Waterloo Ind for a certificate.
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Forty-fourth Regiment
Indiana Volunteers
Fort Wayne
Frank W. Willis
Waterloo
Ind
Ancient spring to quench crowds at centennial exposition
An age old spring near the exposition site will supply water for workers and visitors as the centennial celebration of the historic acquisition approaches. A traditional well sweep and wooden bucket will draw the daily flow from the site.
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Louisiana Territory
Napoleon
United States
Skinker Mint Juleps Linked to Old Regime
A fragmented snippet recalls Col onel Skinker and his famed mint juleps. The passage notes the spring’s long role in quenching the thirst of the era’s people and animals, referencing the Skinker mansion and the newspaper’s forgotten line about St. Louis Republic.
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Skinker
Colonel Skinker
St. Louis Republic
The Strenuous Life, a Theorist and a Self-Puilder
A young-looking man mocks Roosevelt’s strenuous life as only talk and recounts his own misadventures with sport. He compares base ball, tennis, swimming, sailing, and golf and ends noting injury and near tragedy, concluding the strenuous life appeals mainly to middle-aged talkers.
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Roosevelt
D-Stors
Philadelphia Record
Bull Eye pigeon wins Syracuse 500-mile fly
Bull Eye owned by Frank H. Cary returns to his loft at 12 20 yesterday after a 500 mile race start in Winchester Indiana. The bird led Syracuse branch honors and Cary eyed a 900 mile St Louis stage. Bull Eye aged two has 2000 miles in races and Cary holds a Syracuse Standard record medal.
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Bull Eye
Frank H. Cary
Syracuse
National Association of Pigeon Fanciers
Winchester
Ind
St. Paul’s Church
Mr. Cary
Cary
Chicago
St. Louis
Syracuse Homing Club
Syracuse Standard
No Reason for Anxiety Nurse and Patient Embarrassment Tale
A hospital ward nurse cared for a typhoid patient who expressed unusual gratitude and growing warmth. As the patient improved his feelings toward her caused discomfort until he began a three months course at a different institution.
Water for the Stomach and Clean Blood by Hydration
An early health column urges readers to favor water for cleansing the digestive tract and eliminative organs. It argues a clean pass-through and skin, kidneys, and mucous membranes maximize any later medicinal effects, warning against overreliance on chemical remedies and promoting water as the primary purifying agent.
Birthday customs in Japan celebrate general holidays for all
In Japan the emperor apart, the population observes two general birthdays for each sex. The boys’ day on the third month and the girls’ day on the fifth month involve gifts by status. The emperor’s birthday is a nationwide holiday with flags and lanterns, authorities visiting the palace, and widespread congratulation of the monarch.
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Japan
Teno
Life Tree Moss Said Indestructible in West Indies
A creeping moss known as the life plant from the West Indies is described as highly vigorous and apparently indestructible. It supposedly survives boiling water or red hot iron, propagates from tiny fragments, and even grows when leaves are kept in an airtight dry box.
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West Indies
Clock Sparks Blaze With Automatic Kindler
An newspaper fragment notes an automatic fire kindler operation, described briefly as a device that ignites the fire. Details are incomplete and unclear in the OCR text.
Fire starting clocks spark home heating fears
The Saturday Evening Post reports on new devices claiming to start fires at will using a clock driven friction disk and a fuse that ignites a combustible strand. The mechanism would light kindling inside a slot beneath a controlled flame, potentially heating a home before occupants wake.
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Saturday Evening Post
Decline of a Busy City Virginia City News Cites Cuts and Dimmed Streets
The Helena Record quotes George W. Sproule on Virginia City's collapse as funds shrink in Storey county. The Nevada town loses street lights and the night watchman, while the fire department is cut to two and police patrols end. Residents recall its former liveliness and a population of 40,000.
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Virginia City
Nevada
George W. Sproule
United States Court
Prowie
Virginia Enterprise
Storey County
Comstock
Virginia
Mr. Sproule
Montana
Helena
Funeral Cost Shows Salisbury Example for Moderation
The New York World argues Lord Salisbury set a modest funeral cost of 70 dollars, less than the 100 budgeted, praising his example for both rich and poor. It condemns extravagant funerals as wasteful when there are widows in need.
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Lord Salisbury
British Empire
New York
Wishing for the Baby by Lillian Bell Bogue
Mrs. Lillian Bell Bogue, a Chicago author, says she gave birth to a baby girl two weeks ago and shared wishes for her daughter. The notes reveal a literary mother embracing motherhood and hopeful thoughts for her child.
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Lillian Bell Bogue
Chicago
Womans Wit and the Value of Beauty and Wealth
A New York World excerpt questions if beauty wealth and wit hinder happiness or usefulness. It argues happiness comes from love and usefulness not vanity and suggests the era’s emphasis on material improvement may be misplaced while noting Mrs Bogue can still revise her mind.
Fearful of the Camera Says New Orleans Times Editorial
An op-ed quotes the New Orleans Times-Democrat arguing that a black man fears the camera, attributing the reaction to suspicion and misunderstanding of art rather than photography, based on casual riverbank sketches and onlookers who scatter when the camera is leveled.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Coffee Emerges as Venezuela's Chief Commercial Crop
The article notes coffee became a profitable crop after its introduction in 1879 and has grown to become Venezuela's leading commercial product.
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Venezuela
Notes of the Day on Licensing and Social Measures
The item cites historic data on liquor licenses in Liverpool since 1890, infant mortality in London from overlaid infants, Britain’s public poverty spending, wages for river and seagoing Chinese crews, a St Paul church cost funded by many small gifts, Kilkenny Castle as an ancient inhabited residence, and England’s submarine fleet status.
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Liverpool
England
London
Great Britain
China
Kilkenny
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Chop Bulletin
Sentinel
GEO. Dewald & CO
Pees Wores
New York News
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